A black and white photograph of a doll and other objects on a pitted surface.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph shows an undressed doll upside down on a pair of legs. Above the doll is a light-colored T-shaped object with a sloped base and a handle at the top, two unconnected arms extend down from the base. It is placed against a dark rectangle with rounded edges, parts of one edge have been broken off, and there is a lighter colored patch on the right and across the center. The background is pitted with holes and in areas is covered with fuzzy dark patches.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.161
People
Frederick Sommer, American (Angri, Italy 1905 - 1999 Prescott, Arizona)
Title
Valise d'Adam
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1949
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303534

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Light Gallery, New York, New York, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Copyright
© Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
P1972.161
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Exhibition History

  • Newly Re-Created, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/26/1973 - 12/02/1973
  • Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
  • Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995
  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

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